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Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome

Don't Forget the Bubbles

She appears pale and dehydrated , and her level of alertness fluctuates. A similar process can also occur in the CNS (causing seizures ), the liver and the pancreas. Depending on the progression of the illness, children may present with pallor, oedema, lethargy, seizures, hypertension or abnormal liver function tests.

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Sickle Cell Disease Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Infections, fever, acidosis, hypoxia, dehydration and exposure to extreme temperatures can trigger VOC even though often no cause is identified. Home analgesia: Advise families at home to increase fluid intake to avoid dehydration (dehydration will prolong painful episodes). Rotavirus gastroenteritis and dehydration C.

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Grand Rounds Recap 3.15.23

Taming the SRU

of emergency medicine residents report 1 or more dimensions of burnout (Lin Annals Emerg Med 2019) Moral Injury with COVID “We pushed aside our fear and frustration to focus on saving the patients in front of us; we kept our eyes open, and our feelings closed.

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Cholera: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

EMDocs

As the disease progress the patients will experience profound dehydration and start to develops signs and symptoms such as: Rapid heart rate Loss of skin elasticity Dry mucous membranes Low blood pressure If left untreated, severe dehydration may lead to kidney failure, shock, coma, and death within hours.

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Pediatric Diarrhea with Dr. Jay Larmon

Downeast Emergency Medicine

Illustrated below is a dehydration scale from Pediatric Dehydration to help guide management (Vega et al).[1,7] 1,7] From Vega RM, Avner JR: A prospective study of the usefulness of clinical and laboratory parameters for predicting percentage of dehydration in children. Look for red flags of severe dehydration (i.e.

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Hypoglycaemia in the ED

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Signs and symptoms in this group are often non-specific and can include irritability, hypotonia, lethargy, jitteriness, temperature instability, poor feeding, vomiting, apnoea and seizures. His systemic examination is normal, apart from signs of dehydration. Physical examination: Joey is well-grown. He is lethargic but alert.

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

I’m Jeff Nusbaum, and I’m back with my co-host, Nachi Gupta and we’ll be taking you through the August 2018 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice. Nachi: To attain the most up to date information for this article, Dr. Williams searched the PubMed and Cochrane Databases from 1950 to 2018. Jeff: Let’s get started with the pathophysiology.